DIGRESSIVE Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

digressive

adjective

dī-ˈgre-siv

Definition of digressive

as in rambling

passing from one topic to another a digressive lecture on current events around the world

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Recent Examples of digressive Like all Kashian’s work, Alter-Kashian is densely packed, and her breakneck, digressive style doesn’t leave much room to come up for air. — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026 The Friend’s House Is Here, with its relaxed pace and digressive sequences of late-night dinner parties, feels like a minor Godard hangout movie. — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2026 This is slightly digressive, but Tunde and his lover, early on in the novel, have this big argument in Lahaina, in Hawaii. — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025 The novel is detailed, digressive, densely populated, dull at times (as life is) and capable of tracking the most minute shifts in emotional weather. — Mj Franklin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for digressive

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The chaotic hearing was marked by Castro-Arroyo rambling and frequently interrupting Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Ellen Sue Venzer as an interpreter translated the proceeding.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
On the latest episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart took aim at Donald Trump‘s rambling speech during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026

Definition of rambling

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Was the discursive thread accidental, or emblematic of the two poles the AI industry is now bifurcated between?

— Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
Like members of the Women’s Rights Convention, these outsiders often invoked the Declaration of Independence as a discursive weapon.

— Brian DeLay, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

Definition of discursive

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